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When Anastasius became emperor the once vast number of Roman mints had been reduced to only two: Constantinople and Thessalonica. Thessalonica did not strike Byzantine copper coinage until the reign of Justin I. The mint closed about 630 but opened again under Alexius I (1081 - 1118) and operated until the 14th century for various despotates, kingdoms and empires that took the city as their capital. In 1423, Despot Andronicus, ceded Thessalonic to the Republic of Venice to protect it from the Ottomans who were besieging the city. The Venetians held Thessaloniki until it was captured by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II on 29 March 1430.

Above the denomination (H) this type usually has nothing, or a cross, or a Christogram, and sometimes the symbol above is flanked by pellets or stars. CNG 60 (2002), lot 1985, is unique with ΘEIW above. This coin appears to have A∆K above with the ∆ a little larger, which is unpublished. It may be ancient counterfeit, or the "apparent" letters are the odd result of die damage or corrosion.BZ62085. Bronze 8 nummi, unpublished with A∆K above); cf. SBCV 192, DOC I 100, Wroth BMC 177, Tolstoi 494, Hahn MIB I 174d, aF, weight 2.785 g, maximum diameter 18.2 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica(?) mint, obverse D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassedbust right; reverse large H between smaller A and P, A∆K(?) above; unique(?); SOLD